Most women in colonial america were expected to marry men a. they fell in love with b. who had an honorable occupation c. who were regular churchgoers d. chosen by their parents

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

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strong-mayor system